Customer Reviews

Lightworker

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I've been waiting a long time to get my hands on this album. I heard Ships of Relations and When we speak, we breathe and saw great improvement. The sound is definitely unique. However, sometiems a get the tinniest hint of Incubus, but of course much heavier at times. For young guys these guys sound like veteran composers. The vocals are sound, along with the screams. Drummer, crisp as ever, guitars very solid. The sound that they create is melodic in a very different way. Dark at times, chaotic, but very tightly nit. very intense. My Body is Like A Metaphor just blows me away every time i hear it. Songs following Catastrophic seem to lose that edge they create initially in the album though. However the album regains momentum and strength at Becoming one with Nature. Just the way I feel. could be mistaken.

are these people serious???!!! this is one of the best AND most underated albums of the last few years. this band is not trying to stick to any 'roots' especially not post hardcore, or screamo... they write what they want to. and why wouldn't they, they are all still teenagers!!! this is rock music and even though it's their first full length, this is a great album and these amazon users seem to have the wrong idea of this band.

Their two previous 5 track releases have a couple things that make it stand out that this album completely lacks.

The first thing is lead ins. Of their 10 previously released songs, most of them have instrumental lead ins that last an average of 55 seconds.

The second thing is break downs. In their first 2 EPs there are plenty of "breaks" mid song, where they highlight, emphasize and exagerate the best parts of the tune.

The lead ins and break downs I just mentioned offer huge variety in every song, making it very easy to listen to over and over again.

Lightworker is missing both. Too many of these songs are redundant. They do sound good, but it's like listening to a 15 second clip looped over. It becomes a stale listen, fast.

Make sure you own their first two five track releases. If they're touring near you, go to a show (wear ear plugs). Treasure what they've got out that you like, and hope for another album.

excellent cd. very very diffrent sounding, its hard to even picture the same band playing "loss" and "our lucid dream". sounds of thrice, incubus, and even iron maiden can be found on this cd. although its diffrent, you still can tell its yesterdays rising by the quality in every last song and its still veery good. you wont be dissapointed, i wasnt.

best song is catastrophic - i listen to this song up to 4 or 5 times in a row. the vocals are some of the best ever.

First and foremost, I must stress the amazing maturity level on this album. A year ago, Yesterdays Rising, a mixture of punk, post hardcore, and metal was the youngest band to ever play on Warped. They have come a long way from "When we Speak, we Breath" and "Ship of Relations." Now, this CD has several strenghts and weakness. The first weakness: The drummer. Don't get me wrong, he is an excellent drummer and he rocked through the past EP's with his fast frantic drumming. The speed-metal drums that he once put in are gone in this cd. The second weakness is that several of the songs do sound pretty similar to one another. Also, the songs seem to be lacking something. They get to a certain pinnacle where you want a guitar solo or an amazing bridge to blow you away but it just doesn't come. The chorus' seem a little short too for some reason. Now to the strengths: The most noticible strength is the singer, Bradon Bolmer. He is simply an amazing singer, as he shows on the hidden track, a beautifil piano-led ballad (Fast foward to about 8 minutes into the last song to find it). He truly is an great singer, and his voice has a striking resembelence to Brandon Boyd of incubus. The song writing on this cd is exceptional as well, as seen in songs like "Loss" and "My Conscious Curiosity." The guitarist, while they won't blow you away, show good control of their instruments and make quality riffs, though I think they are capable of more. All in all, this band seems like they are more of a pure rock band than any of their previous work. When they do scream, it sounds kind of uncomfortable, kind of like they don't really want to they are doing it just so that the old fans will like it. However, there is much less screaming on this cd. This band has showed amazing maturity and makes quality songs, Lightworker is a must-listen.

Review by Cory Rennison:

Is this the same Yesterdays Rising that put out the When We Speak, We Breathe EP a couple years back? Apparently it is, but they've changed. Their EP was filled with not only melody, but also a dark overtone of metal. With the band's latest effort Lightworker, Yesterdays Rising hasn't necessarily cut out all of the heavy parts, but there are certainly a lot less of them.

For this album, the band seems to use a fairly simple formula of playing every song with a lot of melody, which then eventually builds into something heavier. It's a little different spin on things than what they did previously, but it still remains effective. The biggest problem with the band using this method is that whenever a heavy part or a part with lots of screaming comes up on this album, it almost sounds forced. A comparison that comes to mind would be Emery, a band that also has this same type of writing style. While the style isn't necessarily bad, it seems to stop the band from reaching their full potential.

Don't lose hope in this album yet, however. While the album might not quite be the heaviest thing for Yesterdays Rising's standards, everything seems to come to together nicely. They've been able to pull off the radio rock sound, which will appeal to their Warped Tour crowd, while still managing to please the underground fans in one way or another. Even after hearing some of the good points of the album; however, when it's all said and done, Lightworker is a decent album at best, and you're still left with a slight feeling of disappointment.

The style has totally changed from there last few ep,s. There older stuff is the true definition of post hardcore and i could listen to it all day long. If your into rock that is a little calmer and maybe easier to listen to then it is a good album. The music is not that bad its just the style has totally changed and it doesnt even sound like yesterdays rising. I think it would have gotten better reviews with a different band name. This new album sounds like emery, kinda mellow with very little screaming and mellow vocals. The only reason i give it two stars is because its just not yesterdays rising.

If i had a chance, I would stab that guy on the bus. Brandon owns you. You are obvioulsy just jealous they didnt pick you for the band or sumthin and now you know that they are gonna be huge. The entire album is amazing.From start to end is fantastic. Every YR album is really good, but this one is my favourite. The hidden track is wicked too. In my opinion YR cant go wrong I would recommend this album to anyone and everyone. I know you will like it, this CD is a no risk purchase, satisfaction guaranteed. And to all you angry ppl, I will nulify your negativity, so combust and feel better. ;)

I don't know when or why these guys decided they needed to steal Incubus's sound, but they need to go back and listen to "When We Speak, We Breathe" so they can be reminded of what made them great to begin with. I didn't even buy this album, I heard my friend's copy and there are 2 good songs, the rest is just plain old mediocre crap that has been done better by at least 10 other bands. Don't waste your money, just download it or burn it from a friend!

I didnt get the cd but listened to all the samples...They are not who they are anymore ever since they signed with a record label...Their best cd was "Ship Of Relations - Demo EP" music from the heart and not for money....